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TIMID - TOADSTOOL
TIMID, TIMOROUS - adjectives
• ARFISH timid, fearful, apprehensive ...1788 Eng. dial.
• ARGH timorous, apprehensive, afraid ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASHAMED bashful, timid, esp. of children ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEAT shy, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULL-SHY bashful, shy, timid ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...1830 Eng. dial.
• CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• COWARDOUS † cowardly; timid; faint-hearted ...1480
• CRAINTIVE † fearful, timorous, timid ...1490
• CREMETOUS †* fearful, timid ....c1477
• DAFT timid, daunted ...c1000 Eng. dial.
• DAFTED timid, frightened ...1860 Eng. dial.
• DAFTISH sheepish, rather timid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAINTED † rendered cowardly or timid ...c1500
• FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly ...1590
• FAINTLING † faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless ...1712
• FEARED † frightened, afraid; timid ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FERDY †* fearful, timid, afraid, terrified ...c1340
• FORMIDOLOUS † feeling fear, timorous ...1773
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUBEROUS timid, timorous ...1871 Amer. dial.
• MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587
• MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MILK-FACED shy, timid ...1815
• MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted ...1605
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESH-PHIZZED timid-faced; used of a man who will not fight for fear of bruises ...1841 Eng. dial.
• NICODEMICAL †* timid ...1642
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified ...1930s sl.
• PAVID * fearful, timid, shy, quaking ...1656
• PEERY shy, timid, suspicious ...c1670 sl.
• PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid ...1809
• RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE timid; easily frightened ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE † timid ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAR scared, timid, shy; wild; sour-looking ...1700 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARISH timid ...1884 Ireland
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• SCATTLE timid, easily frightened ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
• TIMBERSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIMIDOUS †* timid ...1663
• TIMORSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TREMEBUND † inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid ...c1560 Sc.
• UNBOLD † lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
TIMID, TIMOROUS - nouns, person
• CALF a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward ...17C sl.
• COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAINTLING † one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly ...1614
• FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• HARE a person likened to a hare in some way, as in swiftness or timidity ...ME
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1930s sl.
• NERVOUS NELLIE a fearful, foolish, and timid person ...1920s US sl.
• NERVOUS NELLY a fearful, foolish, and timid person ...1920s US sl.
• NESCOCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1775 colloq.
• NESTCOCK † an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1674
• NESTLE-COCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1662 colloq.
• PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person ...1936 US sl.
• POOSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person ...1966 Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person ...1966 Ulster sl.
• PUSS a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSY a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• QUILT a timid, effeminate man ...20C sl.
• RABBIT a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...L19 US sl.
• RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person ...1920s US Black sl.
• RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man ...1950s homosexual sl.
• RUBBER SOCK a timid person; a jerk ...E20 US sl.
• SAFTIE a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a 'softie' ...1866 Sc.
• SAWK a timid, nervous person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCAREDY a timorous person ...1933
• SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1930 colloq.
• SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOZ an overly timid or ineffectual person; a wimp ...Aust. sl.
• WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUS an overly timid or ineffectual person; a wimp ...Aust. sl.
• WUSS a weak, timid person; an ineffectual person; a wimp; someone who cannot be depended on; an exceedingly pathetic, timid, or ineffectual person ...1960s US sl.
• WUSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
TIMID, TIMOROUS - verbs
• ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate ...1725 Sc.
• FEEL MONSTROUS SKITTISH to be very timid ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HANG THE WING † to hesitate, to show timidity ...1632
• NESH IT to act timidly ...1888 Eng. dial.
• WARIFY † to render wary or timorous ...1614 nonce word
TIMID - phrases
• CAN'T SAY BOO TO A GOOSE is very timid or shy
TIMIDITY - nouns
• ARGHNESS timidity, superstitious fear ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• TIMERITY † fear, timidness, timidity ...1582
• TIMIDNESS * timidity ...1828-32
• TIMOROSITY † timorousness, timidity ...1490
TIMIDLY - adverbs
• BLEATLY timidly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EISLICHE † fearfully; timidly ...c1175
• FAINTLY † in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly ...1297
• FEAREDLY † fearfully, timidly ...c1470
• FEARINGLY with fear, timidly ...1820
TIMOROUSNESS - nouns
• FAINTNESS † dejection, timorousness; inertness, sluggishness ...1398
TIN - adjectives
• TINNEN † made or consisting of tin ...c1000
• TINNIFIED * made tinny or like tin; impregnated with tin ...1794
TIN - nouns
• BOX a tin or can with its contents ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIN-GLASS †* tin ...1601
• TINNIKIN * a very small tin or mug ...1896 Sc.
TINGE - adjectives
• TINGENT † that tinges or colours; colouring; dyeing ...1650 now rare or obs.
TINGE - nouns
• EER colour, tinge ...1911 Sc.
• SCANCE a glance, a sudden short sight or appearance, a glimpse, tinge, hue of colour ...1819 Sc.
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT a touch, trace, or tinge of something ...1752 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
• VEIL * a slight tinge or colouring .,..1646
TINGE - verbs
• BETAINT † to tinge ...1594
• TAINT † to colour, to dye. to tinge ...1471
• TINCT † to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint ...1594
TINGED - adjectives
• TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged ...1579 poetic.
• TINGIBLE * capable of being tinged or coloured ...1656
TINGING - nouns
• TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting ...1888
TINGLE - verbs
• DANGLE to swing
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• DINDLE to tingle with cold or pain ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to tingle, to thrill ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GEAL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of 'pins and needles'; to tingle, to prickle ...1721 Sc.
• THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TINGLING - adjectives
• DINGLING tingling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINNLING tingling ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
TINGLING - nouns
• DINDLE a thrilling blow, a hard knock; a tingling sensation ...1818 Sc.
• DINGLE a tingling sensation ...1841 Eng. dial.
• DINNLING a tingling sensation ...1661 Sc.
• GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes ...1816 Eng. dial. (Cornwall) [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced 'wonders']
• TINGLER something that causes tingling, as a blow ...1831
• TITILLATION a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching ...1621
TINKER - nouns, person
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a tramp, a sturdy beggar ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GABERLOONY a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• RANDY-BEGGAR a beggar who extorts alms by threatening; a tinker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TINKER a craftsman (usually itinerant) who mends pots, kettles, and other metal household utensils ...c1265
• TINKLER a tinker; a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland, a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work ...c1175 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TINKER - verbs
• DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1889-90 Amer. sl.
• QUAVER to potter about, to tinker ...1979 UK sl.
• TINK to mend pots and pans, as a tinker ...a1400
• TINKER to work as a tinker; to mend metal utensils, esp. in a clumsy, bungling, or imperfect way ...1592
TINKLE - nouns
• TINK a representation of the abrupt sound made by striking resonant metal with something hard and light; a tinkle ...1609
TINKLE - verbs
• DINGLE to tinkle; to strike so as to produce a sound, as a bell ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TINK to emit a metallic sound with very short resonance, as is done by a cracked bell; to tinkle ...1382
• TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle ...1906
• TINTINNATE †* to ring, as a bell; to tinkle ...1623
TINKLING - adjectives
• TINGLE-TANGLE adj. tinkling or ringing, as bells ...1653
• TINNIENT † emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant...1668
• TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling ...1812
TINKLING - nouns
• TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1894
• TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1864
• TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells ...1670
• TINKLE-TANKLE tinkling with alternation of sound ...a1619
• TINNIMENT †* a ringing or tinkling, as metals do ...1656
TINSEL - nouns
• AIGLE a spangle, tinsel, ornament ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TINT - nouns
• BEAUTY-BLOOM beautiful tint or colour ...1853
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye ...1602 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
TINT - verbs
• TINCT † to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint ...1594
TINTED - adjectives
• TAINTED †* tinted, stained ...1797
• TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged ...1579 poetic.
TINTING - nouns
• TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting ...1888
• TINTAGE * tints in the mass; tinting ...1859
TINY - adjectives
• BITSY small, tiny ...1905 US sl.
• BITTY tiny ...1905 US sl.
• DAWNY small, tiny ...1862 Ireland
• DIBBY small, tiny ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DIDGY small, tiny ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DONY small, tiny ...1862 Ireland
• EENSY-WEENSY tiny, very small ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-TEENSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-TEENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-WEENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENY-TEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENY-WEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ITSY-BITSY very small, tiny ...20C colloq.
• ITTY-BITTY very small, tiny ...20C colloq.
• LITSY BITSY small, little, tiny ...1945 Amer. dial.
• LITTABITTY small, little, tiny ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BITSY small, little, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BITTY small, little, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TEENSY very tiny or small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-WEE tiny ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TEENCHY very tiny or small ...1858 Amer. dial.
• TEENCY-WEENCY very tiny or small ...1976 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINCHY very tiny or small ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINCY very tiny or small ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINE-CHY very tiny or small ...1898 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINECY very tiny or small ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINESY very tiny or small ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINETY very tiny or small ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINEY very tiny or small ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINSY very tiny or small ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINTSY very tiny or small ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINY very tiny or small ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY very tiny or small ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINESY very tiny or small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINSEY very small, tiny ...2003 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-WEENSY very tiny or small ...1872 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY very tiny or small ...1904 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY-WEENTSY very tiny or small ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY very small or tiny, minute ...1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAUNTY very small or tiny ...1863 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAWNTY very small or tiny ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TOINTY very small or tiny ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TONTY very small or tiny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-WEENTY very small or tiny ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-INEY very tiny or small ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-TINY very tiny or small ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-TONY very small or tiny ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-WEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINSY very small or tiny ...1979 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINY very small or tiny ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TONCEY very small or tiny ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLYWINKY tiny, insignificant ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TIDDY-IDDY tiny, very small ...1841 Eng. dial.
• TINE † very small, tiny, diminutive ...a1400-50
• TINESY-WEENSY very small, tiny ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TINSEY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TINSY very small, tiny ...1936 Amer. dial.
• TINSY-WINSY very small, tiny ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TINTSY very small, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small ...1901 Amer. dial.
• TITTY-TOTTY extremely tiny, very small ...1893 Eng. dial.
• WEENCHY. tiny, very little ...20C US sl.
• WEENSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1889 Amer. dial.
• WEENTSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1958 Amer. dial.
• WEENTY very small, tiny ...1861 Amer. dial.
• WEENZY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1995 Amer. dial.
TINY - nouns
• BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger ...1859
• SCRIMP a very small piece of anything; very small measure; a tiny object ...1841 Eng. dial.
TINY - nouns, person
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TIP, TIPPING (unsteady) - adjectives
• TIPPLY apt to tip over; unsteady ...1906 colloq.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
TIP (top) - adjectives
• TIPMOST situated at the extreme tip ...1871 nonce word
TIP (gratuity) - nouns
• AMATEUR NIGHT a night when the tips left by a restaurant's customers are low ...1995 US sl.
• BACKSHEE a gratuity, a tip ...M18
• BACKSHEESH a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BAKSHEESH a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BAMBOO BAKSHEESH a tip that is accompanied by a blow ...M19 sl.
• BENEFICE † a gift; a gratuity ...c1380
• BOSTON QUARTER a tip of five or ten cents ...1942 US sl.
• BUCKSHEE a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BUCKSHISH a gratuity, a tip ...M18 sl.
• DAB IN THE FIST, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAB IN THE HAND, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DASH a gift, present, tip ...1788
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DROPSY money; often applied specifically to money paid as a tip or bribe ...1930 sl.
• GRAVY a gratuity or tip ...1967 sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN MONEY tips or gratuities ...M19 US sl.
• MAGS an extra payment to express appreciation of services outside regular duties, a gratuity, a tip ...1762 Sc.
• MITTEN MONEY extra money, either in the form of a tip or a bribe ...1975 US sl.
• RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar ...1939 Amer. hotel sl.
• RAISE a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted ...M19 sl.
• TIPPERY payment, i.e. the 'world of tips' ...E19 sl.
• TOKE a gratuity or tip ...1971 Amer. sl.
• VAIL a gratuity given to a servant or attendant; a tip ...1605 now arch.
TIP (information) - nouns
• GRIFF a tip or piece of news or reliable information ...1891 Brit. sl.
• GRIFFIN a tip, as in racing, etc ...1891 Brit. sl.
• IKEY-MO a tip, information ...M19 sl.
TIP (top) - nouns
• NEB the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part ...1611
• TIPLET a small or minute tip or point ...1890
TIP (gratuity) - nouns, person
• ACORN in a casino: a generous tipper ...1984 US sl.
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar ...1939 Amer. hotel sl.
• TIPPEE the receiver of a tip or gratuity ...1897
• TIPSTER one who systematically gives tips or gratuities ...1889
TIP (gratuity) - verbs
• BAKSHEESH to give a tip ...M18
• BUCKSHISH to give a tip ...M18
• DASH to give a present to; to tip ...1861
• DIB to make a small present of money, to tip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DROP to spend or lose money; to give a tip ...L19 sl.
• FEE to give a gratuity to; to tip ...1925 Amer. dial.
• LUBE to bribe; to tip ...1950s sl.
• PULL DOWN ONE'S EAR to get money from a person, esp. as a tip ...c1870 Cockneys' sl.
• TAKE CARE OF to pay, to give a tip ...1970s sl.
• TICKLE IN THE PALM to gratify with a tip ...1694
TIP (tilt) - verbs
• TARVE to tip, to turn ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TIP-OFF - nouns
• OFFICE a hint, a warning, a tip-off ...M18 sl.
TIP OFF - verbs
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to tip someone off or put someone right ...1961 Brit. sl.
• OFFICE to alert, to warn, to tip-off, to indicate ...1812 sl.
TIPSINESS - nouns
• TITUBANCY * tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness ...1800
TIPSY - adjectives (also see DRUNK)
• ACTIVATED tipsy; alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
• ASLEW tipsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALKY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEERIFIED tipsy ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BEERY half-drunk ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BENE-BOWSY tipsy...M16 sl.
• BLAZED in a state in which liquor begins to tell ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINKIT half-drunk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONED tipsy ...1949 UK sl.
• BORKY slightly intoxicated ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOSKY somewhat the worse for drink; elated with liquor; tipsy, half drunk, intoxicated ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOUSY tipsy; fond of liquor ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMPSY † tipsy, intoxicated, drunk ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUNGED tipsy ...1930s S. Afr.
• BUZZY intoxicated; tipsy ...1736 sl.
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated ...1775 sl.
• CORKY drunk, tipsy ...17C sl.
• COXY-ROXY merrily and fantastically tipsy or drunk ...1887 Eng. dial.
• CUP-SHOT tipsy ...L16 colloq.
• DAMAGED drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover ...1851 Amer. sl.
• DAMP tipsy; mildly drunk ...1813 US sl.
• DITHERED mildly drunk, tipsy ...1920s Aust. sl.
• EBRIOUS inclined to drink to excess; drunk, intoxicated, tipsy ...1569
• EDGED tipsy, drunk ...1894 US sl.
• EDGY tipsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRISH ON partially intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARISH-ON nearly intoxicated, well on in one's cups ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIGHTING DRUNK quarrelsome and tipsy ...c1890 colloq.
• FLY-BLOWN tipsy ...c1875 sl.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT tipsy ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• FUNNY tipsy, slightly drunk ...M18 sl.
• GAGA tipsy ...1928 US sl.
• GAILY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMAWDLED slightly intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GASSED tipsy, drunk ...1919 UK World War I military usage
• HALF AND HALF in a half-intoxicated state, tipsy ...1715
• HALF-AND-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• HALF BENT OUT OF SHAPE partly drunk ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-COCKED half-drunk ...1843 sl. & Eng. dial.
• HALF-GONE half drunk; mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• HALF-HIGH partly drunk, tipsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HALF IN THE BAG just beginning to show the effects of liquor ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-PISSED intoxicated with alcohol; partially intoxicated ...E20 Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-RATS partially intoxicated with alcohol ...L19 Brit. sl.
• HALF-RINSED partially intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 sl.
• HALF-SCREWED partially intoxicated with alcohol ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-SEA tipsy ...1898 Sc.
• HALF-SEAS-OVER half drunk ...a1700 humorous
• HALF-SHOT moderately drunk; tipsy ...1838 sl., orig. US
• HALF-SLEWED half-drunk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-SPRUNG half-drunk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF THE BAY OVER somewhat intoxicated ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HALF-UNDER mildly intoxicated with alcohol; ...E20 US sl.
• HAPPY mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...18C sl.
• HAPPY DRUNK tipsy, drunk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HARD lightly intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Eng. dial.
• HAVE ON A BARLEY-CAP † to be tipsy ...1611
• HAZY somewhat confused with drink; partially drunk ...1824 colloq.
• HEARTY tipsy ...1818 Sc.
• HEIVY-KEIVY drunken, tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HORIZONTAL tipsy; drunk ...c1935 service officers' sl.
• ISLE OF WIGHT tipsy ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• JACK ASHORE larky, excited, tipsy ...L19 sl.
• JOLLY tipsy, drunk ...19C
• KENNURD tipsy ...1859 back-slang
• KENURD tipsy ...1859 back-slang
• LIKE A FROG IN A FIT said of one who is tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE OVER THE BAY, A somewhat intoxicated ...1833 Amer. dial.
• MALTED drunk, tipsy ...19C sl.
• MARKET-FRESH lively and excited with drink; tipsy, slightly the worse for drink; said of farmers who often returned home from market in this state ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MARKET-MERRY lively and excited with drink, tipsy, slightly the worse for drink ...1847 Eng. dial.
• MARTIN-DRUNK † partially drunk; 'when a man is drunke and drinkes himselfe sober ere he stirre' ...1592
• MELLOWISH slightly intoxicated ...1813 Sc.
• MUCKIBUS intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink ...1756 obs. sl.
• NAPPY slightly intoxicated or exhilarated by drink ...1721
• NAZZED partly intoxicated; slightly drunk; stupefied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY slightly intoxicated, drunk; stupefied ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NEWTON AND RIDLEY tipsy, drunk ...1998 rhyming sl. for 'tiddly'
• NOGGY drunk, slightly intoxicated, tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFF AT THE NAIL tipsy ...1822 Sc.
• OFF THE NAIL not quite sober; tipsy; drunk ...1822 colloq.
• ON THE EDGE tipsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAFISTICATED tipsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIFFED tipsy; drunk ...1900 Amer. college sl.
• PIFFICATED tipsy; drunk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PIFFLED tipsy; drunk ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PIFFLICATED tipsy; drunk ...1912 Amer. dial.
• PIXILATED mildly intoxicated ...1848 sl., orig. US dialect
• PRIMED tipsy, slightly intoxicated ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUGGLED tipsy; crazy drunk ...1985 Sc. sl.
• QUEERED tipsy ...E19 sl.
• RADDLED †* fuddled; drunk; tipsy ...1694
• RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• REE excited with drink; tipsy ...1685 Sc.
• REEZIE wild, frolicsome, partially intoxicated ...1805 Sc.
• ROCKY tipsy, drunken ...M18
• ROSY drunk; tipsy ...1905 sl.
• SAUCED drunk; tipsy ...1940s US sl.
• SAUCED UP drunk; tipsy ...1940s US sl.
• SCOTCH MIST tipsy, drunk ...c1920 rhyming sl. for 'pissed'
• SCRAWMING reeling, half-drunk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREWY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOT drunk; tipsy ...1864 sl, chiefly Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHOT FULL OF HOLES drunk; tipsy ...1940s NZ sl.
• SHOWING OUT tipsy, just beginning to show the effect of alcohol ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNUFFY tipsy, drunk ...1823 sl.
• SOSSELED tipsy ...19C
• SOSSLED tipsy ...19C
• SOZZLED tipsy ...1886 sl.
• SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SQUIFFY slightly inebriated; intoxicated; drunk ...1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TADLY-OODLY tipsy; intoxicated ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT drunk, tipsy ...1830 sl.
• TIP-MERRY † merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated ...1612 sl.
• TIPPERARY drunk, tipsy ...L18 sl.
• TIPSIFIED made tipsy; slightly intoxicated ...1830
• TITUBANT * rollicking, tipsy...1817
• TODDLISH slightly intoxicated; half tipsy ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOORAL-OORAL partially intoxicated; merry with drink ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOPPY tipsy, slightly drunk ...L19 sl.
• TOPSY BOOZY tipsy, half drunk ...L19 sl.
• TOPSY FRIZY tipsy, drunk ...L18 sl.
• TOWRY-LOWRY semi-intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOZY-MOZY slightly intoxicated, tipsy ...1845 Sc.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED queasy, tipsy ...1736 Amer. dial.
• WEAR A BARLEY-CAP † to be tipsy ...1679
• WELL TO LIVE tipsy ...L17
TIPSY - nouns
• TIGHTNESS the condition of being tipsy ...1864 sl.
• TIPSIFICATION the state of being tipsy ...1864 nonce word
TIPSY - nouns, person
• LEAN-AWAY one who is tipsy; a drunkard ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TIPSIFICATOR one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
• TIPSIFIER one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
TIPSY - verbs
• BE THE WORSE FOR WEAR to be tipsy ...20C colloq.
• BUY THE SACK to become tipsy ...c1720 sl.
• CUT THE SHORT DOG to caper and frisk around when tipsy ...1888 Amer. dial.
• FEEL FINE to be slightly drunk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FEEL GOOD to be slightly drunk ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GOT ONE'S HOPS IN to be tipsy ...c1933 sl.
• HAVE A GLOW ON to be mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...M20 US sl.
• LOSE ONE'S LEGS to become tipsy ...c1770 sl.
• SUFFER FROM M.B. to be tipsy (M.B. = Melbourne Bitter, a brand of beer) ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• TIPSIFY to make tipsy; to intoxicate ...1848 nonce word
TIPTOE - verbs
• STAND UPON ONE'S TOES † to tiptoe ...a1300
• TIP to step lightly; to trip; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe ...1819
TIRADE - nouns
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• JEREMIAD a lamentation; a writing or speech in a strain of grief or stress; a doleful complaint; a complaining tirade; a lugubrious effusion ...1780
TIRE (for a vehicle) - nouns
• ADOLPH GOBELS second-hand automobile tires ...1937 sl.
• BALDHEAD in automotive repair: a bald tire ...1937-41 US sl.
• BALDY a worn automobile tire having little or no tread left ...1967 US sl.
• BOLOGNAS automobile or truck tires ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA TIRES tires with little or no tread remaining ...1971 US trucking sl.
• FOOTPRINT the portion of a tire that contacts the track ...1973 US sl.
• HUMPER in motor racing: a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track ...1980 US sl.
• MAYPOP a badly worn pneumatic tire ...1980 US jocular
• MICKS Michelin™ tires ...1971 US sl.
• PADS tires ...2003 US bikers' (motorcycle) usage
• RAG a well-worn tire ...1961 sl.
• RUBBER tires ...sl.
• SCUFF racing term for a tire that has been used at least once and is held for a future race ...Bk1998 sl.
• SKINS tires; esp. well-worn tires ...1954 sl.
• SLICKS wide, smooth-tread racing tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNEAKER in hot rodding or motor racing: an usually large tire ...1992 US sl.
• SNEAKERS tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNOWBALLS traditional, big, showy whitewall tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• TACKIE a tire ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• WAFFLE in trucking: a non-skid tire ...1971 US sl.
• WHITE SHOES white-wall tires ...1978 US sl.
TIRE (fatigue) - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BAKE to exhaust, to tire ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BEJADE † to weary, tire out ...1620
• DAWL to tire, to weary, to fatigue ...1796 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DO IN to tire; to exhaust ...1917 sl.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FINISH to tire, to exhaust; often followed by 'off' ...1816 sl.
• HAG(G) † to fatigue, to tire out ... 1674 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAFFLE to tire or wear out ...1824 Sc.
• JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KNACKER to tire, to exhaust ...1946 sl.
• KNOCK IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to tire out, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUL to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POOP to tire; to exhaust; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl., orig. US
• POWFAG to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PUT DOTS ON ONE to bore, to tire ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SEW UP to tire, to exhaust ...1837 sl.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tire, to make weary, to fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• TAKE IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• TALM † to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAVE to distress; to over-tire; to labour under a disease; to recover from a very severe illness ...1875 Sc.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEW to tire ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOIL OUT to tire out, to exhaust with toil ...1610 arch.
• TUCKER to tire, to exhaust ...c1840 US sl.
• VANQUISH to exhaust, to tire out ...1905 Sc.
TIRED - adjectives
• ALL IN tired ...1902 sl.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S BOOT-STRAPS exhausted, very tired ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOELACES exhausted, very tired ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS exhausted, very tired ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER THE FLOOR tired, exhausted ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AUSGESPIELT tired out; finished; broken ...1907 Amer. dial.
• AWEARY tired, weary, fatigued ...1552
• BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BAKED exhausted, tired out ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BATTERED tired, overcome by walking or labour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
• BEAT tired ...1832 sl.
• BEAT OUT tired, fatigued ...1746 Amer. dial.
• BEAZLED tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BEGGERED tired ...1984 NZ euphemism for 'buggered up'
• BELAGGED tired out ...1795 Eng. dial.
• BONE-TIRED excessively tired ...1928
• BROKE DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERED tired ...1947 sl.
• BURNED OUT tired; bored ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BURNT OUT tired; bored ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUSHED tired, exhausted ...1870 colloq. orig. N. Amer.
• CHARVERED exhausted, tired out ...20C sl.
• CHEWED angry, tired, defeated ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINESE extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered' (Chinese Lacquered)
• CHINESE LACQUERED extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• CREASED tired ...1925 sl., chiefly US
• DADDET faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
• DAWLED tired, worn out ...1790 Eng. dial. (Grose)
• DEAD tired to exhaustion ...1813 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ON ONE'S FEET tired to exhaustion ...c1890 Amer. sl.
• DIK tired of something or someone ...1986 S. Afr. sl.
• DOG-ASS TIRED completely tired ...1969 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP tired out, exhausted ...1970s US college sl.
• EUCHRED tired ...1932 Aust. sl.
• FAGGED wearied out, excessively tired or fatigued ...1780
• FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued ...1785 colloq.
• FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FATIGABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATIGUABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• FAZZLED tired, exhausted ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FLAKED OUT tired ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GAITED tired, weary ...1951 Amer. dial.
• GIVED OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GIVEN OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GOOPY tired, 'under the weather'; without energy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• HACKED OFF exhausted; tired ...L19 sl., orig. US
• HACKED UP angry, annoyed; irritated; confused; tired...1984 Amer. sl.
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGIT tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD tired, exhausted ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JACK mentally or morally tired or sick ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGED exhausted, very tired ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JIGGERED UP tired ...1862 sl., orig. dialect
• KABUSH very tired, exhausted ...1970 Amer. dial.
• KNACKERED tired ...1949 sl.
• KNOCKED UP tired ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LASSATE †* tired, wearied ...1694
• LOUSY unwell, tired, depressed ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MAGGED tired out, exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELTED tired ...2000s Irish sl.
• MOLLY MAGUIRED tired ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NAGGLED tired ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OFF HIS SAUCER tired, not in the humour, out of sorts ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• ORNERY tired or vaguely unwell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEGGED OUT exhausted, tired, worn out ...1868 Amer. dial.
• POOPED tired ...1932 sl., orig. US
• RACKED tired out, exhausted ...1960s sl.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RAGGED OUT tired out ...1970s US campus sl.
• REESTED stiff, tired, unwilling to do anything ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROOTED tired ...1944 Aust. sl.
• SHABBY having a general feeling of unwellness, tired, 'under the weather' ...1926 Amer. dial.
• SHAGGED tired; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl.
• SHATTERED tired ...1930 sl.
• SHOT tired ...1939 sl.
• SICK AND SADED tired or weary of something ...1896 Eng. dial.
• STONKERED tired ...1918 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• STOVE-UP tired ...1901 N. Amer. sl.
• TAIGLED tired, wearied ...1814 Sc.
• THROUGH tired out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRABLE * that may be easily tired ...1607
• TIRELING † fatigued, tired ...1590
• TIRY † tired, weary, fatigued ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TRASHED overworked, tired ...20C Amer. campus sl.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TUCKERED tired; often followed by 'out' ...c1840 US sl.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAGGED OUT tired out, worn out ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WAGGY tired out, worn out ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WALL-FALLING exhausted, tired out ...1970s Irish sl.
• WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WASTED tired ...1995 sl.
• WHACKED tired ...1919 sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by 'up' ...1940 US sl.
• WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WIPED tired; usually followed by 'out' ...1958 sl., orig. US
• WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• ZONKED tired; often followed by 'out' ...1972 sl.
• ZONKERS completely exhausted, tired ...1960s sl.
TIRED, TIREDNESS - nouns
• DEFATIGABLENESS aptness to be tired ...1727
• FESSITUDE †* weariness, tiredness, fatigue ...1656
• TIRE tiredness; fatigue ...1859 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TIRESOMENESS †* the condition of being tired; weariness ...1646
• TIRINESS † tiredness ...1697
TIRED - nouns, person
• TIRELING † one who is easily tired out with work or exercise; a tired person or animal ...1590
TIRED - verbs
• FADE to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted ...1980s US campus sl.
• FASH AT to get tired of, to dislike; to grow angry at ...1821 Sc.
• JADE to become tired or worn out; to grow dull or languid; to flag ...1620
• NOT TO HAVE A LEG TO PUT UNDER ONE to be tired out ...Bk1905 Ireland
• RAG OUT to become tired ...1970s US campus sl.
• SADE to become weary or tired ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAPPER to be tired out ...1898 Eng. dial.
TIRED - phrases
• FIDO'S GOING TO GET YOU you are becoming very tired ...1967 Amer. dial.
TIREDNESS - verbs
• STAND A GOOD FAG to resist tiredness; to persevere ...L18 sl.
TIREDNESS - phrases
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP used to denote extreme exhaustion or tiredness ...1939 sl.
TIRESOME - adjectives
• BAGGERING worrying, tiresome ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BEGGARING worrying, tiresome ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BORESOME tiresome, boring ...1895
• DAGALI tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
• FAGGIE fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAGSUM † fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...1825 Sc.
• FASHIOUS causing or giving anxiety or trouble; tiresome, vexatious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LANGERSOME boring, tedious, tiresome ...1880 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MAWMISH † tiresome ...B1900
• MEADLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OLD tiresome; usually constructed with 'get', as in 'too much of a good thing gets old' ...1864 colloq.
• PLAYED OUT tiresome, boring ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• RADICAL tiresome ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SAWDUSTY without profound meaning or interest; tiresome
• TEDDISOME fretful, fractious, tiresome ...1869 Eng. dial.
• TEWSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TUSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TIRESOME, TIRESOMENESS - nouns
• BIND something boring or tiresome ...1930 Brit. sl., chiefly services' sl.
• BINDER something boring or tiresome ...1930 Brit. sl., chiefly services' sl.
• DRAG something boring or tiresome ...1857 sl.
• FAGSUMNESS † tiresomeness ...1825 Sc.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TIRESOME - nouns, person
• DEVILSKIN a mischievous, tiresome person; a humorous term of reproach ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S LIMB an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1714 Sc.
• DEVIL'S PETS an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1856 Eng. dial.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TIRING - adjectives
• FATIGABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• FATIGUABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• HAGGEY tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGING tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATTERING harassing, tiring ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAULING tiring, fatiguing, wearying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADING tiring, monotonous ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAGGING tiring, tiresome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TIRESOME † causing physical fatigue; fatiguing, tiring ...1598
TIRING - nouns
• HALLOCK a tiring affair, as a lengthy journey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TISSUE - nouns
• SNOT-RAG a handkerchief or tissue ...1895 sl.
TIT FOR TAT - phrases
• BITE FOR SCART tit for tat ...1854 Sc.
• QUITTEE FOR QUATTEE tit for tat ...1691 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER FOR QUATTER tit for tat ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TICK FOR TACK tit for tat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINT FOR TANT † retaliation, retort in kind, tit for tat ...1620
• TIP FOR TAP † tit for tat ...a1466
• VENY FOR VENY tit for tat ...1611
• WICKET FOR WACKET tit for tat ...1889 Eng. dial.
TITHE - adjectives
• DECIMAL † relating to tithes ...1641
TITHE - nouns
• DECIM † a tenth part, tithe ...1638
• DECIMATE † tithing, tithe ...1641
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• EDECIMATION †* the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth ...a1693
• REVE a rent or tithe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TITHING one tenth given to the church; tithe ...925
TITHE - nouns, person
• DECIMATOR † an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth ...1673
• TITHE-MAN †* 1. one who pays tithes ...1680
2. a collector of tithes ...1747
• TITHER * 1. one who pays tithes ...c1386
2. an exactor or receiver of tithes; also a supporter of the system of ecclesiastical tithes ...1591
• TITHING-MAN a collector of tithes ...1625
TITHE - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• TITHE to grant or pay one tenth of one's goods, earnings, etc., esp. to the support of the church; to pay tithes on one's goods, lands, etc. ...c897
TITILLATE - verbs
• VELLICATE of persons: to tickle or titillate ...1755
TITILLATION - nouns
• VELLICATION a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
TITLE - adjectives
• UNADDITIONED † not provided with a title ...a1661
TITLE - nouns
• DAN † an honourable title; used in addressing or speaking of members of the religious orders, or applied to distinguished men, knights, scholars, poets, etc. ...1303
• MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon ...1672
• OOM a title of respect used to address an elderly man ...S. Afr.
• SAHIB a respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European ...1696
• YOUR ROGUESHIP a mock title of respect given to a rogue ...L16
TITLE - nouns, person
• LAUDABLES persons of titles; dignities ...1815
TITTER - verbs
• LAITCH to be gay; to laugh, to titter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TICHER to laugh in a suppressed way; to titter ...Bk1905 Sc.
TOAD - see FROG
TOADSTOOL - nouns (also see MUSHROOM)
• BULLTOAD'S UMBRELLA a toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAMPERNOYLE † a mushroom or toadstool ...1527
• CANKER the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus ...Bk1888
• DEVIL'S BREAD a toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S NOSE a toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL STOOL a toadstool ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EFT-STOOL a toadstool ...1870 Sc.
• FAIRY-MUSHROOM a toadstool ...1884
• PADDOCK a fungus; a toadstool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDOCK-STOOL a toadstool ...c1450 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PAD-STOOL † a paddock-stool; a toadstool ...c1450
• PUDDOCKSTEEL a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• PUDDOCKSTOOL a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• TADPOLE STOOL a toadstool ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TREE TOAD a mushroom or toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOAD a mushroom or toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG HOUSE a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG STOOL a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOADMAROON a toadstool ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TOAD'S BREAD † a fungus, a mushroom, a toadstool ...1624
• TOAD'S CAP a toadstool ...a1825
• TOAD'S HAT † a toadstool ...c1440
• TOAD'S MEAT toadstools ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TOAD'S UMBRELLA a mushroom or toadstool ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TOAD UMBRELLA a mushroom or toadstool ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ARFISH timid, fearful, apprehensive ...1788 Eng. dial.
• ARGH timorous, apprehensive, afraid ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASHAMED bashful, timid, esp. of children ...1916 Amer. dial.
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEAT shy, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULL-SHY bashful, shy, timid ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition ...1830 Eng. dial.
• CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly ...1889 Eng. dial.
• COWARDOUS † cowardly; timid; faint-hearted ...1480
• CRAINTIVE † fearful, timorous, timid ...1490
• CREMETOUS †* fearful, timid ....c1477
• DAFT timid, daunted ...c1000 Eng. dial.
• DAFTED timid, frightened ...1860 Eng. dial.
• DAFTISH sheepish, rather timid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAINTED † rendered cowardly or timid ...c1500
• FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly ...1590
• FAINTLING † faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless ...1712
• FEARED † frightened, afraid; timid ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened ...1934 Amer. dial.
• FERDY †* fearful, timid, afraid, terrified ...c1340
• FORMIDOLOUS † feeling fear, timorous ...1773
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JUBEROUS timid, timorous ...1871 Amer. dial.
• MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless ...1587
• MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MILK-FACED shy, timid ...1815
• MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted ...1605
• MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NESH † timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited ...1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NESH-PHIZZED timid-faced; used of a man who will not fight for fear of bruises ...1841 Eng. dial.
• NICODEMICAL †* timid ...1642
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified ...1930s sl.
• PAVID * fearful, timid, shy, quaking ...1656
• PEERY shy, timid, suspicious ...c1670 sl.
• PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid ...1809
• RABBITY timid, cowering ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE timid; easily frightened ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGLE † timid ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAR scared, timid, shy; wild; sour-looking ...1700 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARISH timid ...1884 Ireland
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• SCATTLE timid, easily frightened ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive ...1970s sl.
• TIMBERSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIMIDOUS †* timid ...1663
• TIMORSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TREMEBUND † inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid ...c1560 Sc.
• UNBOLD † lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow ...c897
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
TIMID, TIMOROUS - nouns, person
• CALF a timid or cowardly person ...1967 Amer. sl.
• CANDY-ASS a coward; a timid and helpless person ...M20 US sl.
• CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1947 Amer. dial.
• CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward ...17C sl.
• COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAINTLING † one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly ...1614
• FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ... c1910 sl.
• GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMA (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• GRANDMOTHER (derogatory) a weak, timid, or cowardly man ...1940 Amer. dial.
• HARE a person likened to a hare in some way, as in swiftness or timidity ...ME
• MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband ...1526
• MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MR. MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person ...1930s sl.
• NERVOUS NELLIE a fearful, foolish, and timid person ...1920s US sl.
• NERVOUS NELLY a fearful, foolish, and timid person ...1920s US sl.
• NESCOCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1775 colloq.
• NESTCOCK † an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1674
• NESTLE-COCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person ...1662 colloq.
• PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person ...1936 US sl.
• POOSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person ...1966 Ulster sl.
• PUSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person ...1966 Ulster sl.
• PUSS a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSY a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• QUILT a timid, effeminate man ...20C sl.
• RABBIT a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...L19 US sl.
• RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person ...1920s US Black sl.
• RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man ...1950s homosexual sl.
• RUBBER SOCK a timid person; a jerk ...E20 US sl.
• SAFTIE a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a 'softie' ...1866 Sc.
• SAWK a timid, nervous person ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCAREDY a timorous person ...1933
• SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1930 colloq.
• SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WOOZ an overly timid or ineffectual person; a wimp ...Aust. sl.
• WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUS an overly timid or ineffectual person; a wimp ...Aust. sl.
• WUSS a weak, timid person; an ineffectual person; a wimp; someone who cannot be depended on; an exceedingly pathetic, timid, or ineffectual person ...1960s US sl.
• WUSSIE a weak, timid, passive person ...1982 US sl.
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
TIMID, TIMOROUS - verbs
• ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate ...1725 Sc.
• FEEL MONSTROUS SKITTISH to be very timid ...1884 Amer. dial.
• HANG THE WING † to hesitate, to show timidity ...1632
• NESH IT to act timidly ...1888 Eng. dial.
• WARIFY † to render wary or timorous ...1614 nonce word
TIMID - phrases
• CAN'T SAY BOO TO A GOOSE is very timid or shy
TIMIDITY - nouns
• ARGHNESS timidity, superstitious fear ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity ...Bk1898 Sc.
• TIMERITY † fear, timidness, timidity ...1582
• TIMIDNESS * timidity ...1828-32
• TIMOROSITY † timorousness, timidity ...1490
TIMIDLY - adverbs
• BLEATLY timidly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EISLICHE † fearfully; timidly ...c1175
• FAINTLY † in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly ...1297
• FEAREDLY † fearfully, timidly ...c1470
• FEARINGLY with fear, timidly ...1820
TIMOROUSNESS - nouns
• FAINTNESS † dejection, timorousness; inertness, sluggishness ...1398
TIN - adjectives
• TINNEN † made or consisting of tin ...c1000
• TINNIFIED * made tinny or like tin; impregnated with tin ...1794
TIN - nouns
• BOX a tin or can with its contents ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TIN-GLASS †* tin ...1601
• TINNIKIN * a very small tin or mug ...1896 Sc.
TINGE - adjectives
• TINGENT † that tinges or colours; colouring; dyeing ...1650 now rare or obs.
TINGE - nouns
• EER colour, tinge ...1911 Sc.
• SCANCE a glance, a sudden short sight or appearance, a glimpse, tinge, hue of colour ...1819 Sc.
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT a touch, trace, or tinge of something ...1752 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
• VEIL * a slight tinge or colouring .,..1646
TINGE - verbs
• BETAINT † to tinge ...1594
• TAINT † to colour, to dye. to tinge ...1471
• TINCT † to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint ...1594
TINGED - adjectives
• TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged ...1579 poetic.
• TINGIBLE * capable of being tinged or coloured ...1656
TINGING - nouns
• TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting ...1888
TINGLE - verbs
• DANGLE to swing
• DENGLE to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain ...B1900 Sc.
• DINDLE to tingle with cold or pain ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to tingle, to thrill ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRL to pierce, to drill; to tingle, to thrill; to cause to vibrate by a blow, or thrill with the sensation of pain or pleasure; to scold ...1733 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GEAL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GELL to tingle with intense pain; also, to ache or tingle with cold ...a1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of 'pins and needles'; to tingle, to prickle ...1721 Sc.
• THIRL to pierce, to drill, to perforate; to vibrate or cause to vibrate; to thrill; to shudder; to tingle ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TINGLING - adjectives
• DINGLING tingling ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINNLING tingling ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRLING aching, quivering, tingling ...1853 Sc.
TINGLING - nouns
• DINDLE a thrilling blow, a hard knock; a tingling sensation ...1818 Sc.
• DINGLE a tingling sensation ...1841 Eng. dial.
• DINNLING a tingling sensation ...1661 Sc.
• GWENDERS a disagreeable tingling sensation in the extremities, caused by cold; numbness of the fingers or toes ...1816 Eng. dial. (Cornwall) [in some parts of Cornwall it is pronounced 'wonders']
• TINGLER something that causes tingling, as a blow ...1831
• TITILLATION a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching ...1621
TINKER - nouns, person
• CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a tramp, a sturdy beggar ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GABERLOONY a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE a licensed or professional beggar; in later use: a travelling tinker, a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• RANDY-BEGGAR a beggar who extorts alms by threatening; a tinker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TINKER a craftsman (usually itinerant) who mends pots, kettles, and other metal household utensils ...c1265
• TINKLER a tinker; a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland, a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work ...c1175 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
TINKER - verbs
• DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously ...1889-90 Amer. sl.
• QUAVER to potter about, to tinker ...1979 UK sl.
• TINK to mend pots and pans, as a tinker ...a1400
• TINKER to work as a tinker; to mend metal utensils, esp. in a clumsy, bungling, or imperfect way ...1592
TINKLE - nouns
• TINK a representation of the abrupt sound made by striking resonant metal with something hard and light; a tinkle ...1609
TINKLE - verbs
• DINGLE to tinkle; to strike so as to produce a sound, as a bell ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• TINK to emit a metallic sound with very short resonance, as is done by a cracked bell; to tinkle ...1382
• TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle ...1906
• TINTINNATE †* to ring, as a bell; to tinkle ...1623
TINKLING - adjectives
• TINGLE-TANGLE adj. tinkling or ringing, as bells ...1653
• TINNIENT † emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant...1668
• TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling ...1812
TINKLING - nouns
• TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1894
• TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1864
• TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells ...1670
• TINKLE-TANKLE tinkling with alternation of sound ...a1619
• TINNIMENT †* a ringing or tinkling, as metals do ...1656
TINSEL - nouns
• AIGLE a spangle, tinsel, ornament ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
TINT - nouns
• BEAUTY-BLOOM beautiful tint or colour ...1853
• TAINT † colour, hue, tint; tinge; dye ...1567
• TINCT colour, hue, tint; colouring matter, dye ...1602 now only poetic
• TINCTURE * hue, colour; a tinge, tint ...1477
TINT - verbs
• TINCT † to colour; to dye; to tinge, to tint ...1594
TINTED - adjectives
• TAINTED †* tinted, stained ...1797
• TINCT coloured, tinted; dyed, tinged ...1579 poetic.
TINTING - nouns
• TINCTION the act of imbuing with colour; colouring, tinging, tinting ...1888
• TINTAGE * tints in the mass; tinting ...1859
TINY - adjectives
• BITSY small, tiny ...1905 US sl.
• BITTY tiny ...1905 US sl.
• DAWNY small, tiny ...1862 Ireland
• DIBBY small, tiny ...1889 Eng. dial.
• DIDGY small, tiny ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DONY small, tiny ...1862 Ireland
• EENSY-WEENSY tiny, very small ...1950 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-TEENSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-TEENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENTSY-WEENTSY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENY-TEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EENY-WEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ITSY-BITSY very small, tiny ...20C colloq.
• ITTY-BITTY very small, tiny ...20C colloq.
• LITSY BITSY small, little, tiny ...1945 Amer. dial.
• LITTABITTY small, little, tiny ...1926 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BITSY small, little, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BITTY small, little, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE TEENSY very tiny or small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-WEE tiny ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TEENCHY very tiny or small ...1858 Amer. dial.
• TEENCY-WEENCY very tiny or small ...1976 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINCHY very tiny or small ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINCY very tiny or small ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINE-CHY very tiny or small ...1898 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINECY very tiny or small ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINESY very tiny or small ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINETY very tiny or small ...1917 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINEY very tiny or small ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINSY very tiny or small ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINTSY very tiny or small ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINY very tiny or small ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY very tiny or small ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINESY very tiny or small ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINSEY very small, tiny ...2003 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-WEENSY very tiny or small ...1872 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY very tiny or small ...1904 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY-WEENTSY very tiny or small ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY very small or tiny, minute ...1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAUNTY very small or tiny ...1863 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAWNTY very small or tiny ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TOINTY very small or tiny ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TONTY very small or tiny ...1867 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-WEENTY very small or tiny ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-INEY very tiny or small ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-TINY very tiny or small ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-TONY very small or tiny ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-WEENY tiny, very small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINSY very small or tiny ...1979 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINY very small or tiny ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TEE-TONCEY very small or tiny ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLYWINKY tiny, insignificant ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TIDDY-IDDY tiny, very small ...1841 Eng. dial.
• TINE † very small, tiny, diminutive ...a1400-50
• TINESY-WEENSY very small, tiny ...1955 Amer. dial.
• TINSEY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1851 Amer. dial.
• TINSY very small, tiny ...1936 Amer. dial.
• TINSY-WINSY very small, tiny ...1870 Amer. dial.
• TINTSY very small, tiny ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TINTSY-WINTSY minute, tiny, very small ...1901 Amer. dial.
• TITTY-TOTTY extremely tiny, very small ...1893 Eng. dial.
• WEENCHY. tiny, very little ...20C US sl.
• WEENSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1889 Amer. dial.
• WEENTSY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1958 Amer. dial.
• WEENTY very small, tiny ...1861 Amer. dial.
• WEENZY very small, tiny; also used as a nickname ...1995 Amer. dial.
TINY - nouns
• BABY a tiny or diminutive animal or thing; a small version of something generally larger ...1859
• SCRIMP a very small piece of anything; very small measure; a tiny object ...1841 Eng. dial.
TINY - nouns, person
• SCRAT anything very small and insignificant; a tiny child; a meagre, mean-looking person; the smallest coin ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
TIP, TIPPING (unsteady) - adjectives
• TIPPLY apt to tip over; unsteady ...1906 colloq.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
TIP (top) - adjectives
• TIPMOST situated at the extreme tip ...1871 nonce word
TIP (gratuity) - nouns
• AMATEUR NIGHT a night when the tips left by a restaurant's customers are low ...1995 US sl.
• BACKSHEE a gratuity, a tip ...M18
• BACKSHEESH a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BAKSHEESH a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BAMBOO BAKSHEESH a tip that is accompanied by a blow ...M19 sl.
• BENEFICE † a gift; a gratuity ...c1380
• BOSTON QUARTER a tip of five or ten cents ...1942 US sl.
• BUCKSHEE a tip ...c1750 Eng. sl.
• BUCKSHISH a gratuity, a tip ...M18 sl.
• DAB IN THE FIST, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAB IN THE HAND, A a bribe; a gratuity ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DASH a gift, present, tip ...1788
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DROPSY money; often applied specifically to money paid as a tip or bribe ...1930 sl.
• GRAVY a gratuity or tip ...1967 sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN MONEY tips or gratuities ...M19 US sl.
• MAGS an extra payment to express appreciation of services outside regular duties, a gratuity, a tip ...1762 Sc.
• MITTEN MONEY extra money, either in the form of a tip or a bribe ...1975 US sl.
• RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar ...1939 Amer. hotel sl.
• RAISE a tip or monetary contribution, whether given voluntarily or extorted ...M19 sl.
• TIPPERY payment, i.e. the 'world of tips' ...E19 sl.
• TOKE a gratuity or tip ...1971 Amer. sl.
• VAIL a gratuity given to a servant or attendant; a tip ...1605 now arch.
TIP (information) - nouns
• GRIFF a tip or piece of news or reliable information ...1891 Brit. sl.
• GRIFFIN a tip, as in racing, etc ...1891 Brit. sl.
• IKEY-MO a tip, information ...M19 sl.
TIP (top) - nouns
• NEB the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part ...1611
• TIPLET a small or minute tip or point ...1890
TIP (gratuity) - nouns, person
• ACORN in a casino: a generous tipper ...1984 US sl.
• DEEMER a dime; one who tips a dime; a dime tip ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RAG a dollar tip; one who tips a dollar ...1939 Amer. hotel sl.
• TIPPEE the receiver of a tip or gratuity ...1897
• TIPSTER one who systematically gives tips or gratuities ...1889
TIP (gratuity) - verbs
• BAKSHEESH to give a tip ...M18
• BUCKSHISH to give a tip ...M18
• DASH to give a present to; to tip ...1861
• DIB to make a small present of money, to tip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DROP to spend or lose money; to give a tip ...L19 sl.
• FEE to give a gratuity to; to tip ...1925 Amer. dial.
• LUBE to bribe; to tip ...1950s sl.
• PULL DOWN ONE'S EAR to get money from a person, esp. as a tip ...c1870 Cockneys' sl.
• TAKE CARE OF to pay, to give a tip ...1970s sl.
• TICKLE IN THE PALM to gratify with a tip ...1694
TIP (tilt) - verbs
• TARVE to tip, to turn ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn ...B1900 Eng. dial.
TIP-OFF - nouns
• OFFICE a hint, a warning, a tip-off ...M18 sl.
TIP OFF - verbs
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to tip someone off or put someone right ...1961 Brit. sl.
• OFFICE to alert, to warn, to tip-off, to indicate ...1812 sl.
TIPSINESS - nouns
• TITUBANCY * tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness ...1800
TIPSY - adjectives (also see DRUNK)
• ACTIVATED tipsy; alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
• ASLEW tipsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALKY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEERIFIED tipsy ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BEERY half-drunk ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BENE-BOWSY tipsy...M16 sl.
• BLAZED in a state in which liquor begins to tell ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINKIT half-drunk ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONED tipsy ...1949 UK sl.
• BORKY slightly intoxicated ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOSKY somewhat the worse for drink; elated with liquor; tipsy, half drunk, intoxicated ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BOUSY tipsy; fond of liquor ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMPSY † tipsy, intoxicated, drunk ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BUNGED tipsy ...1930s S. Afr.
• BUZZY intoxicated; tipsy ...1736 sl.
• CAPERNOITED slightly affected in the head by drinking, tipsy; muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1719 Sc.
• CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed ...1769 Sc.
• CHERRY-MERRY cheerful, merry, especially from conviviality; slightly inebriated ...1775 sl.
• CORKY drunk, tipsy ...17C sl.
• COXY-ROXY merrily and fantastically tipsy or drunk ...1887 Eng. dial.
• CUP-SHOT tipsy ...L16 colloq.
• DAMAGED drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover ...1851 Amer. sl.
• DAMP tipsy; mildly drunk ...1813 US sl.
• DITHERED mildly drunk, tipsy ...1920s Aust. sl.
• EBRIOUS inclined to drink to excess; drunk, intoxicated, tipsy ...1569
• EDGED tipsy, drunk ...1894 US sl.
• EDGY tipsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRISH ON partially intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FARISH-ON nearly intoxicated, well on in one's cups ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIGHTING DRUNK quarrelsome and tipsy ...c1890 colloq.
• FLY-BLOWN tipsy ...c1875 sl.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT tipsy ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• FUNNY tipsy, slightly drunk ...M18 sl.
• GAGA tipsy ...1928 US sl.
• GAILY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMAWDLED slightly intoxicated ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GASSED tipsy, drunk ...1919 UK World War I military usage
• HALF AND HALF in a half-intoxicated state, tipsy ...1715
• HALF-AND-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• HALF BENT OUT OF SHAPE partly drunk ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALF-COCKED half-drunk ...1843 sl. & Eng. dial.
• HALF-GONE half drunk; mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-HALF-AND-HALF drunk, tipsy ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• HALF-HIGH partly drunk, tipsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HALF IN THE BAG just beginning to show the effects of liquor ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HALF-PISSED intoxicated with alcohol; partially intoxicated ...E20 Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-RATS partially intoxicated with alcohol ...L19 Brit. sl.
• HALF-RINSED partially intoxicated with alcohol ...E20 sl.
• HALF-SCREWED partially intoxicated with alcohol ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
• HALF-SEA tipsy ...1898 Sc.
• HALF-SEAS-OVER half drunk ...a1700 humorous
• HALF-SHOT moderately drunk; tipsy ...1838 sl., orig. US
• HALF-SLEWED half-drunk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF-SPRUNG half-drunk ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALF THE BAY OVER somewhat intoxicated ...1896 Amer. dial.
• HALF-UNDER mildly intoxicated with alcohol; ...E20 US sl.
• HAPPY mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...18C sl.
• HAPPY DRUNK tipsy, drunk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HARD lightly intoxicated with alcohol ...19C Eng. dial.
• HAVE ON A BARLEY-CAP † to be tipsy ...1611
• HAZY somewhat confused with drink; partially drunk ...1824 colloq.
• HEARTY tipsy ...1818 Sc.
• HEIVY-KEIVY drunken, tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HORIZONTAL tipsy; drunk ...c1935 service officers' sl.
• ISLE OF WIGHT tipsy ...20C rhyming sl. for 'tight'
• JACK ASHORE larky, excited, tipsy ...L19 sl.
• JOLLY tipsy, drunk ...19C
• KENNURD tipsy ...1859 back-slang
• KENURD tipsy ...1859 back-slang
• LIKE A FROG IN A FIT said of one who is tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LITTLE OVER THE BAY, A somewhat intoxicated ...1833 Amer. dial.
• MALTED drunk, tipsy ...19C sl.
• MARKET-FRESH lively and excited with drink; tipsy, slightly the worse for drink; said of farmers who often returned home from market in this state ...1841 Eng. dial.
• MARKET-MERRY lively and excited with drink, tipsy, slightly the worse for drink ...1847 Eng. dial.
• MARTIN-DRUNK † partially drunk; 'when a man is drunke and drinkes himselfe sober ere he stirre' ...1592
• MELLOWISH slightly intoxicated ...1813 Sc.
• MUCKIBUS intoxicated, slightly drunk, tipsy, fuddled; confused or muddled with drink ...1756 obs. sl.
• NAPPY slightly intoxicated or exhilarated by drink ...1721
• NAZZED partly intoxicated; slightly drunk; stupefied ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NAZZY slightly intoxicated, drunk; stupefied ...1876 Eng. dial.
• NEWTON AND RIDLEY tipsy, drunk ...1998 rhyming sl. for 'tiddly'
• NOGGY drunk, slightly intoxicated, tipsy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFF AT THE NAIL tipsy ...1822 Sc.
• OFF THE NAIL not quite sober; tipsy; drunk ...1822 colloq.
• ON THE EDGE tipsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PAFISTICATED tipsy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PIFFED tipsy; drunk ...1900 Amer. college sl.
• PIFFICATED tipsy; drunk ...1900 Amer. dial.
• PIFFLED tipsy; drunk ...1929 Amer. dial.
• PIFFLICATED tipsy; drunk ...1912 Amer. dial.
• PIXILATED mildly intoxicated ...1848 sl., orig. US dialect
• PRIMED tipsy, slightly intoxicated ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PUGGLED tipsy; crazy drunk ...1985 Sc. sl.
• QUEERED tipsy ...E19 sl.
• RADDLED †* fuddled; drunk; tipsy ...1694
• RAMGEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• RAMJEED tipsy, confused, muddled ...1791 Sc.
• REE excited with drink; tipsy ...1685 Sc.
• REEZIE wild, frolicsome, partially intoxicated ...1805 Sc.
• ROCKY tipsy, drunken ...M18
• ROSY drunk; tipsy ...1905 sl.
• SAUCED drunk; tipsy ...1940s US sl.
• SAUCED UP drunk; tipsy ...1940s US sl.
• SCOTCH MIST tipsy, drunk ...c1920 rhyming sl. for 'pissed'
• SCRAWMING reeling, half-drunk ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREWY slightly intoxicated ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOT drunk; tipsy ...1864 sl, chiefly Aust. & NZ sl.
• SHOT FULL OF HOLES drunk; tipsy ...1940s NZ sl.
• SHOWING OUT tipsy, just beginning to show the effect of alcohol ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SNUFFY tipsy, drunk ...1823 sl.
• SOSSELED tipsy ...19C
• SOSSLED tipsy ...19C
• SOZZLED tipsy ...1886 sl.
• SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SQUIFFY slightly inebriated; intoxicated; drunk ...1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TADLY-OODLY tipsy; intoxicated ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT drunk, tipsy ...1830 sl.
• TIP-MERRY † merry with liquor, slightly intoxicated ...1612 sl.
• TIPPERARY drunk, tipsy ...L18 sl.
• TIPSIFIED made tipsy; slightly intoxicated ...1830
• TITUBANT * rollicking, tipsy...1817
• TODDLISH slightly intoxicated; half tipsy ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TOORAL-OORAL partially intoxicated; merry with drink ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOPPY tipsy, slightly drunk ...L19 sl.
• TOPSY BOOZY tipsy, half drunk ...L19 sl.
• TOPSY FRIZY tipsy, drunk ...L18 sl.
• TOWRY-LOWRY semi-intoxicated ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOZY-MOZY slightly intoxicated, tipsy ...1845 Sc.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED queasy, tipsy ...1736 Amer. dial.
• WEAR A BARLEY-CAP † to be tipsy ...1679
• WELL TO LIVE tipsy ...L17
TIPSY - nouns
• TIGHTNESS the condition of being tipsy ...1864 sl.
• TIPSIFICATION the state of being tipsy ...1864 nonce word
TIPSY - nouns, person
• LEAN-AWAY one who is tipsy; a drunkard ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TIPSIFICATOR one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
• TIPSIFIER one who makes tipsy; one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
TIPSY - verbs
• BE THE WORSE FOR WEAR to be tipsy ...20C colloq.
• BUY THE SACK to become tipsy ...c1720 sl.
• CUT THE SHORT DOG to caper and frisk around when tipsy ...1888 Amer. dial.
• FEEL FINE to be slightly drunk ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FEEL GOOD to be slightly drunk ...1927 Amer. dial.
• GOT ONE'S HOPS IN to be tipsy ...c1933 sl.
• HAVE A GLOW ON to be mildly intoxicated with alcohol ...M20 US sl.
• LOSE ONE'S LEGS to become tipsy ...c1770 sl.
• SUFFER FROM M.B. to be tipsy (M.B. = Melbourne Bitter, a brand of beer) ...c1930 Aust. sl.
• TIPSIFY to make tipsy; to intoxicate ...1848 nonce word
TIPTOE - verbs
• STAND UPON ONE'S TOES † to tiptoe ...a1300
• TIP to step lightly; to trip; to walk mincingly, or on tiptoe ...1819
TIRADE - nouns
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• JEREMIAD a lamentation; a writing or speech in a strain of grief or stress; a doleful complaint; a complaining tirade; a lugubrious effusion ...1780
TIRE (for a vehicle) - nouns
• ADOLPH GOBELS second-hand automobile tires ...1937 sl.
• BALDHEAD in automotive repair: a bald tire ...1937-41 US sl.
• BALDY a worn automobile tire having little or no tread left ...1967 US sl.
• BOLOGNAS automobile or truck tires ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA TIRES tires with little or no tread remaining ...1971 US trucking sl.
• FOOTPRINT the portion of a tire that contacts the track ...1973 US sl.
• HUMPER in motor racing: a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track ...1980 US sl.
• MAYPOP a badly worn pneumatic tire ...1980 US jocular
• MICKS Michelin™ tires ...1971 US sl.
• PADS tires ...2003 US bikers' (motorcycle) usage
• RAG a well-worn tire ...1961 sl.
• RUBBER tires ...sl.
• SCUFF racing term for a tire that has been used at least once and is held for a future race ...Bk1998 sl.
• SKINS tires; esp. well-worn tires ...1954 sl.
• SLICKS wide, smooth-tread racing tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNEAKER in hot rodding or motor racing: an usually large tire ...1992 US sl.
• SNEAKERS tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNOWBALLS traditional, big, showy whitewall tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• TACKIE a tire ...1978 S. Afr. sl.
• WAFFLE in trucking: a non-skid tire ...1971 US sl.
• WHITE SHOES white-wall tires ...1978 US sl.
TIRE (fatigue) - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BAKE to exhaust, to tire ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BEJADE † to weary, tire out ...1620
• DAWL to tire, to weary, to fatigue ...1796 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DO IN to tire; to exhaust ...1917 sl.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FINISH to tire, to exhaust; often followed by 'off' ...1816 sl.
• HAG(G) † to fatigue, to tire out ... 1674 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAFFLE to tire or wear out ...1824 Sc.
• JAMPH to tire, to fatigue; to exhaust by toil ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KNACKER to tire, to exhaust ...1946 sl.
• KNOCK IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAGGLE to tire out, to exhaust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAUL to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POOP to tire; to exhaust; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl., orig. US
• POWFAG to tire; to fatigue the brain; to trouble and perplex the mind ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PUT DOTS ON ONE to bore, to tire ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SEW UP to tire, to exhaust ...1837 sl.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tire, to make weary, to fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• TAKE IT OUT OF ONE to tire, to exhaust ...M19 sl.
• TALM † to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAVE to distress; to over-tire; to labour under a disease; to recover from a very severe illness ...1875 Sc.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEW to tire ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOIL OUT to tire out, to exhaust with toil ...1610 arch.
• TUCKER to tire, to exhaust ...c1840 US sl.
• VANQUISH to exhaust, to tire out ...1905 Sc.
TIRED - adjectives
• ALL IN tired ...1902 sl.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S BOOT-STRAPS exhausted, very tired ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOELACES exhausted, very tired ...1966 Amer. dial.
• ALL IN BUT ONE'S SHOESTRINGS exhausted, very tired ...1940 Amer. dial.
• ALL OVER THE FLOOR tired, exhausted ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AUSGESPIELT tired out; finished; broken ...1907 Amer. dial.
• AWEARY tired, weary, fatigued ...1552
• BAGGED fatigued, exhausted, very tired ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BAKED exhausted, tired out ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BATTERED tired, overcome by walking or labour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted ...1819 Sc.
• BEAT tired ...1832 sl.
• BEAT OUT tired, fatigued ...1746 Amer. dial.
• BEAZLED tired out, exhausted ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BEGGERED tired ...1984 NZ euphemism for 'buggered up'
• BELAGGED tired out ...1795 Eng. dial.
• BONE-TIRED excessively tired ...1928
• BROKE DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN DOWN very tired, exhausted ...1873 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERED tired ...1947 sl.
• BURNED OUT tired; bored ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BURNT OUT tired; bored ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUSHED tired, exhausted ...1870 colloq. orig. N. Amer.
• CHARVERED exhausted, tired out ...20C sl.
• CHEWED angry, tired, defeated ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINESE extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered' (Chinese Lacquered)
• CHINESE LACQUERED extremely tired, exhausted ...2002 UK prison rhyming sl. for 'knackered'
• CREASED tired ...1925 sl., chiefly US
• DADDET faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
• DAWLED tired, worn out ...1790 Eng. dial. (Grose)
• DEAD tired to exhaustion ...1813 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ON ONE'S FEET tired to exhaustion ...c1890 Amer. sl.
• DIK tired of something or someone ...1986 S. Afr. sl.
• DOG-ASS TIRED completely tired ...1969 Amer. sl.
• EAT UP tired out, exhausted ...1970s US college sl.
• EUCHRED tired ...1932 Aust. sl.
• FAGGED wearied out, excessively tired or fatigued ...1780
• FAGGED OUT exhausted, tired, fatigued ...1785 colloq.
• FANTIGUED tired, exhausted, fatigued ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FATIGABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FATIGUABLE capable of being fatigued; easily tired ...1608
• FAZZLED tired, exhausted ...1913 Amer. dial.
• FLAKED OUT tired ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GAITED tired, weary ...1951 Amer. dial.
• GIVED OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GIVEN OUT tired out, exhausted, broken down ...1852 Amer. dial.
• GOOPY tired, 'under the weather'; without energy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• HACKED OFF exhausted; tired ...L19 sl., orig. US
• HACKED UP angry, annoyed; irritated; confused; tired...1984 Amer. sl.
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAGGIT tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD tired, exhausted ...1941 Amer. dial.
• JACK mentally or morally tired or sick ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAGGED exhausted, very tired ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JIGGERED UP tired ...1862 sl., orig. dialect
• KABUSH very tired, exhausted ...1970 Amer. dial.
• KNACKERED tired ...1949 sl.
• KNOCKED UP tired ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• LASSATE †* tired, wearied ...1694
• LOUSY unwell, tired, depressed ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MAGGED tired out, exhausted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MELTED tired ...2000s Irish sl.
• MOLLY MAGUIRED tired ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl.
• NAGGLED tired ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• OFF HIS SAUCER tired, not in the humour, out of sorts ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• ORNERY tired or vaguely unwell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEGGED OUT exhausted, tired, worn out ...1868 Amer. dial.
• POOPED tired ...1932 sl., orig. US
• RACKED tired out, exhausted ...1960s sl.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RAGGED OUT tired out ...1970s US campus sl.
• REESTED stiff, tired, unwilling to do anything ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROOTED tired ...1944 Aust. sl.
• SHABBY having a general feeling of unwellness, tired, 'under the weather' ...1926 Amer. dial.
• SHAGGED tired; often followed by 'out' ...1932 sl.
• SHATTERED tired ...1930 sl.
• SHOT tired ...1939 sl.
• SICK AND SADED tired or weary of something ...1896 Eng. dial.
• STONKERED tired ...1918 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• STOVE-UP tired ...1901 N. Amer. sl.
• TAIGLED tired, wearied ...1814 Sc.
• THROUGH tired out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIRABLE * that may be easily tired ...1607
• TIRELING † fatigued, tired ...1590
• TIRY † tired, weary, fatigued ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TRASHED overworked, tired ...20C Amer. campus sl.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TUCKERED tired; often followed by 'out' ...c1840 US sl.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAGGED OUT tired out, worn out ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WAGGY tired out, worn out ...1875 Amer. dial.
• WALL-FALLING exhausted, tired out ...1970s Irish sl.
• WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WASTED tired ...1995 sl.
• WHACKED tired ...1919 sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHIPPED fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired; sometimes followed by 'up' ...1940 US sl.
• WHIPPED DOWN fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WHIPPED OUT fatigued, exhausted, extremely tired ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WIPED tired; usually followed by 'out' ...1958 sl., orig. US
• WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• ZONKED tired; often followed by 'out' ...1972 sl.
• ZONKERS completely exhausted, tired ...1960s sl.
TIRED, TIREDNESS - nouns
• DEFATIGABLENESS aptness to be tired ...1727
• FESSITUDE †* weariness, tiredness, fatigue ...1656
• TIRE tiredness; fatigue ...1859 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TIRESOMENESS †* the condition of being tired; weariness ...1646
• TIRINESS † tiredness ...1697
TIRED - nouns, person
• TIRELING † one who is easily tired out with work or exercise; a tired person or animal ...1590
TIRED - verbs
• FADE to become tired, to feel increasingly exhausted ...1980s US campus sl.
• FASH AT to get tired of, to dislike; to grow angry at ...1821 Sc.
• JADE to become tired or worn out; to grow dull or languid; to flag ...1620
• NOT TO HAVE A LEG TO PUT UNDER ONE to be tired out ...Bk1905 Ireland
• RAG OUT to become tired ...1970s US campus sl.
• SADE to become weary or tired ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAPPER to be tired out ...1898 Eng. dial.
TIRED - phrases
• FIDO'S GOING TO GET YOU you are becoming very tired ...1967 Amer. dial.
TIREDNESS - verbs
• STAND A GOOD FAG to resist tiredness; to persevere ...L18 sl.
TIREDNESS - phrases
• LIKE DEATH WARMED UP used to denote extreme exhaustion or tiredness ...1939 sl.
TIRESOME - adjectives
• BAGGERING worrying, tiresome ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BEGGARING worrying, tiresome ...1873 Eng. dial.
• BORESOME tiresome, boring ...1895
• DAGALI tedious, tiresome ...1914 Sc.
• FAGGIE fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAGSUM † fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...1825 Sc.
• FASHIOUS causing or giving anxiety or trouble; tiresome, vexatious ...1536 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LANGERSOME boring, tedious, tiresome ...1880 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MAWMISH † tiresome ...B1900
• MEADLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OLD tiresome; usually constructed with 'get', as in 'too much of a good thing gets old' ...1864 colloq.
• PLAYED OUT tiresome, boring ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• RADICAL tiresome ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SAWDUSTY without profound meaning or interest; tiresome
• TEDDISOME fretful, fractious, tiresome ...1869 Eng. dial.
• TEWSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TUSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TIRESOME, TIRESOMENESS - nouns
• BIND something boring or tiresome ...1930 Brit. sl., chiefly services' sl.
• BINDER something boring or tiresome ...1930 Brit. sl., chiefly services' sl.
• DRAG something boring or tiresome ...1857 sl.
• FAGSUMNESS † tiresomeness ...1825 Sc.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TIRESOME - nouns, person
• DEVILSKIN a mischievous, tiresome person; a humorous term of reproach ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEVIL'S LIMB an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1714 Sc.
• DEVIL'S PETS an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1856 Eng. dial.
• YAWN anything or anyone considered tedious, boring, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns ...L19 sl.
TIRING - adjectives
• FATIGABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• FATIGUABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• HAGGEY tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGING tiring, fatiguing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HATTERING harassing, tiring ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAULING tiring, fatiguing, wearying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADING tiring, monotonous ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAGGING tiring, tiresome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TIRESOME † causing physical fatigue; fatiguing, tiring ...1598
TIRING - nouns
• HALLOCK a tiring affair, as a lengthy journey ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
TISSUE - nouns
• SNOT-RAG a handkerchief or tissue ...1895 sl.
TIT FOR TAT - phrases
• BITE FOR SCART tit for tat ...1854 Sc.
• QUITTEE FOR QUATTEE tit for tat ...1691 Eng. dial.
• QUITTER FOR QUATTER tit for tat ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TICK FOR TACK tit for tat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINT FOR TANT † retaliation, retort in kind, tit for tat ...1620
• TIP FOR TAP † tit for tat ...a1466
• VENY FOR VENY tit for tat ...1611
• WICKET FOR WACKET tit for tat ...1889 Eng. dial.
TITHE - adjectives
• DECIMAL † relating to tithes ...1641
TITHE - nouns
• DECIM † a tenth part, tithe ...1638
• DECIMATE † tithing, tithe ...1641
• DECIMATION the exaction of tithes, or of a tax of one-tenth ...1549
• EDECIMATION †* the act or process of taking a tithe or tenth ...a1693
• REVE a rent or tithe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TITHING one tenth given to the church; tithe ...925
TITHE - nouns, person
• DECIMATOR † an exactor or receiver of tithes, or of taxes to the amount of one-tenth ...1673
• TITHE-MAN †* 1. one who pays tithes ...1680
2. a collector of tithes ...1747
• TITHER * 1. one who pays tithes ...c1386
2. an exactor or receiver of tithes; also a supporter of the system of ecclesiastical tithes ...1591
• TITHING-MAN a collector of tithes ...1625
TITHE - verbs
• DECIMATE † to exact a tenth or a tithe from; to tax to the amount of one-tenth ...1656
• TITHE to grant or pay one tenth of one's goods, earnings, etc., esp. to the support of the church; to pay tithes on one's goods, lands, etc. ...c897
TITILLATE - verbs
• VELLICATE of persons: to tickle or titillate ...1755
TITILLATION - nouns
• VELLICATION a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling ...1623
TITLE - adjectives
• UNADDITIONED † not provided with a title ...a1661
TITLE - nouns
• DAN † an honourable title; used in addressing or speaking of members of the religious orders, or applied to distinguished men, knights, scholars, poets, etc. ...1303
• MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon ...1672
• OOM a title of respect used to address an elderly man ...S. Afr.
• SAHIB a respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European ...1696
• YOUR ROGUESHIP a mock title of respect given to a rogue ...L16
TITLE - nouns, person
• LAUDABLES persons of titles; dignities ...1815
TITTER - verbs
• LAITCH to be gay; to laugh, to titter ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TICHER to laugh in a suppressed way; to titter ...Bk1905 Sc.
TOAD - see FROG
TOADSTOOL - nouns (also see MUSHROOM)
• BULLTOAD'S UMBRELLA a toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CAMPERNOYLE † a mushroom or toadstool ...1527
• CANKER the common Wild Poppy; the dandelion; a toadstool or other fungus ...Bk1888
• DEVIL'S BREAD a toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL'S NOSE a toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL STOOL a toadstool ...1967 Amer. dial.
• EFT-STOOL a toadstool ...1870 Sc.
• FAIRY-MUSHROOM a toadstool ...1884
• PADDOCK a fungus; a toadstool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDOCK-STOOL a toadstool ...c1450 chiefly Eng. dial.
• PAD-STOOL † a paddock-stool; a toadstool ...c1450
• PUDDOCKSTEEL a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• PUDDOCKSTOOL a toadstool ...1979 Irish sl.
• TADPOLE STOOL a toadstool ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TREE TOAD a mushroom or toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOAD a mushroom or toadstool ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG HOUSE a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG STOOL a mushroom or toadstool ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TOADMAROON a toadstool ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TOAD'S BREAD † a fungus, a mushroom, a toadstool ...1624
• TOAD'S CAP a toadstool ...a1825
• TOAD'S HAT † a toadstool ...c1440
• TOAD'S MEAT toadstools ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TOAD'S UMBRELLA a mushroom or toadstool ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TOAD UMBRELLA a mushroom or toadstool ...1986 Amer. dial.